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Pilgrims and Abraham Lincoln

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Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln, in a portrait painted in 1864.
Photo courtesy of Historyplace.com

The Thanksgiving edition of Midmorning features conversations with two of the best known writers of history today.

Sarah Vowell's latest take on American history says the Puritans were not paragons of virtue, but were key to most Americans' views of themselves.

And historian and author James McPherson, one of the most prolific authors on the Civil War explains how Lincoln became a wartime president, a role for which he had little experience but turned him into an essential leader for his times.

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Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln, in a portrait painted in 1864.
Photo courtesy of Historyplace.com